The PPQG 2023 Challenge
“Don’t be a Goose”
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May 12 – June 4, 2023
Burnett Gallery & Coleman Hall
Dates to Remember
- TURN IN ENTRY FORM BY: April 28, 2023
- DELIVER ARTWORK: May 10, 2023 (11 am – 2pm)
- OPENING DAY: May 12, 2023
- PICK-UP ARTWORK: June 5, 2023 (11 am – 2pm)
Exhibit Curators:
Jan Carter: JanLC56@mac.com
Melissa Finley: melissa.artiste.mmf@gmail.com
Challenge Rules
- Make a quilt or quilted object utilizing a goose or geese. Pieced flying geese—traditional, curved, wonky, you name it—even cheater prints! Fabric with a goose or geese prints. Pieced goose or geese, any method. Appliquéd goose or geese. Even only one recognizable goose!
- No specific fabric requirements.
- No maximum or minimum sizes.
Registration and entry directions:
1) Registration fee is $20.00 per entry if the item is not for sale. Make checks payable to Gualala Arts and include your entry/registration form. While there is not a limit on number of entries, please indicate your order of preference if hanging space becomes limited.
2) Fill out Online Registration below or find paper registration at Gualala Arts or below. When using Paper Registration please fill out an Entry Form for EACH piece. Turn in the top portion to Gualala Arts, with the entry fee, if applicable, by the deadline. When delivering the art, please identify your quilt with your name and quilt title on the bottom right hand corner attach or the Entry Label portion securely to each piece.
3) This show will NOT be juried and is open only to PPQG members in good standing.
4) The work submitted should be no more than 2 years old and may not have been exhibited publicly on the Mendonoma coast at any time in the past.
5) Gualala Arts will retain 30% commission on all sales of entries made during the course of the exhibit.
6) The curator will provide a binder to display an “Artist Statement” for each artist. Please submit with your Entry Forms.
7) Prepare your quilt for hanging: Each quilt entry should have a 4” hanging sleeve and a dowel or slat that measures 1” less that the width of the quilt. Artist name and quilt title should be on the dowel or slat.
8) All quilts, except postcard sizes, must have a label stating the quilt title, name of artist, date and location stitched onto the quilt back in the lower right corner.
9) Gualala Arts is not liable for any art work or installation, at any point in the process.
10) Quilts must be picked up between 11 am & 2 pm on June 5, 2023. There will be a $5.00 per day fee charged by GAC for those remaining after June 6th.
11) The Opening Day will be May 12, 2023
Please bring an artist statement when you drop off your quilt
If you need help or need to make a change to your entry, contact Kendra Stillman at info@GualalaArts.org
Be sure to identify your quilt with your name and quilt title on the back of your quilt
Don’t like online registration? Want to pay by check? Find paper registration here
Quilt images kindly provided by Barbara Dunsmoor